Hemant Krishan Singh new ambassador to Japan

Monday, May 1, 2006, 18:59 [IST]

New Delhi, May 1: Mr Hemant Krishan Singh, presently Ambassador to Indonesia, has been appointed the next envoy to Japan.

Mr Singh, an Indian Foreign Service Officer of 1974 batch, will succeed Mr M.L. Tripathi, an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said.

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India, Pakistan to hold two-day talks on CBMs

Monday, May 1, 2006,19:02 [IST]

New Delhi, May 1: India and Pakistan will hold talks here from tomorrow on confidence building measures (CBMs) across the Line of Control (LoC) including operationalising arrangements for truck services for trade on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route. The two-day discussions on May 2 and 3 will also focus on commencement of a bus service between Poonch and Rawalakot and the opening of two meeting points on the Line of Control (LOC), a spokesman of External Affairs Ministry said here today......

Kashmiri migrants demand protection of temples

Monday, May 1, 2006,19:05 [IST]

New Delhi, May 1: Various Kashmiri Pandit migrant leaders today urged the government to bring in a legislation for protection of Kashmiri Hindu monuments and religious places in the valley and the Shardapeeth in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK). The migrant leaders, at a meeting here, decided to launch a united front--the J and K Displaced Persons United Front-- to press the government for redressal of their grievances and create conditions for their return to the valley. The meeting rejected as ''unfeasible.....

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Separatists, politicians condemn Doda killing

Monday, May 1, 2006,19:11 [IST]

Srinagar, May 1: Cutting across party lines separatists and mainstream political parties have strongly condemened the killing of 22 Hindus by unidentified gunmen in Doda district of Jammu region late last night.Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah demanded a thorough probe into the incident while the breakaway Hurriyat Conference (HC) headed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani said Amnesty International or Asia Watch should be enthrusted the job of conducting an inquiry into the incident to bring the culprits.....

Vadodara: BJP defends removal of encroachments

Monday, May 1, 2006,19:38 [IST]

New Delhi, May 1: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today defended the removal of encroachments from the streets of Vadodara by the Gujarat Government and said it was part of the drive to clear all encroachments.BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar told newspersons that the municipal authorities had cleared 20 temples and three 'dargahs' in the drive afte prior notices to the people concerned but the problem had arisen while clearing one 'dargah'.''The police will restore peace in the region,'' he.....

Quota issue: Govt. working on industrial policy

Monday, May 1, 2006,19:40 [IST]

New Delhi, May 1: Faced with the industry's resistance to job reservation in the private sector, the government is expeditiously working on an ''inclusive'' Industrial Policy, aimed at handsomely rewarding companies setting up units in 60 districts, with more than 50 per cent SC/ST population.''We have identified the districts which have over 50 per cent of their population from the SCs and STs. A host of liberal fiscal and other incentives will be given to the companies setting up units.....